Download or read book Nutrition Services in Perinatal Care written by National Academy of Sciences and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1992-02-01 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on nutrition services beginning in the preconceptional period and extending well beyond birth. It provides the rationale for the recommended nutritional services; briefly describes the necessary elements of these services; and indicates the personnel, knowledge, skills, and specialized education or training that may be needed to deliver them. It will be useful to policymakers, hospital administrators, directors of health centers, physicians in private or group practices, and others responsible for setting such standards and for overseeing health care services for expectant and new mothers and their infants.